The Taxing Truth

Taxes and slavery are intertwined in ways most people can't imagine. Join Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square as they trace how taxing plantation owners on the enslaved people they held in bondage lead to economic shortcomings in the South that still resonate today. Want more? Go to https://www.podpage.com/why-are-they-so-angry/ for more unknown and untold history. 

Citations 

A permanent wound: How the slave tax warped Alabama finances 

#BlackTaxpayersMatter: Anti-Racist Restructuring of US Tax Systems 

Dorothy Brown: Tax Code Is 'Designed to Build White Wealth' 

Property Taxes on Slaves | Encyclopedia.com 

Opinion: America's tax system is rigged to protect the rich and powerful - CNN 

“The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax,” Jesse Eisinger, Jeff Ernsthausen and Paul Kiel, Pro Publica, June 8, 2021 https://www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trove-of-never-before-seen-records-reveal-how-the-wealthiest-avoid-income-tax?fbclid=IwAR2sisB2eQBU5Bf28-uaBG_6toFofV063r28CgreD5dKtz0JMv4LOt3jDws